Back in January, we discussed the HE150 appliance targeted at edge computing use cases. That was the first HC3 appliance to feature NVMe storage but it was just the beginning of a much larger plan to introduce NVMe storage into our HC3 family. Now, we've made available the HC3250DF, the first appliance in the HC3000 series, and our first core computing appliance to feature all NVMe storage.

The Scale Computing HC3 Edge Platform on Lenovo servers replaces the traditional complex and expensive on-premise infrastructure with a modern solution.

HC3 combines servers, storage, virtualisation, backup and disaster recovery in a single solution. All components are integrated into the solution, including the hypervisor so that no third-party components or licenses are required. So, when ease of use, high availability, and total cost of ownership matters, Scale Computing HC3 is the ideal IT infrastructure platform for distributed enterprises, large retailers, and SMBs alike.

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Scale Computing, the market leader in edge computing, virtualization and hyperconverged solutions, today announced the HC3250DF, the first of a new class of HC3 appliances designed to enhance support for performance-intensive use cases such as database analytics and high density Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployments. With faster storage, more CPU, and faster networking options, the HC3250DF is specifically designed for the needs of performance computing for both the enterprise and the SMB and from the core data center to the edge.

“Enterprise and SMB customers have a need for an HCI solution that can service larger databases, mid-range VDI, and other performance-intensive use cases,” said Steve McDowell, Senior Technology Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. “Scale Computing hits the mark with this latest addition to its core HC3 virtualization system, which has become well-known for its ability to be quickly deployed and easily managed and scaled.”

The HC3250DF stands out from other HCI solutions designed for performance computing with its ease of use, and brings a high amount of speed, density, throughput, and power to enable VDI for many more users per node while keeping future growth in focus. Unlike more complex infrastructure solutions that try to emulate classic SAN storage infrastructure, the Scale Computing HC3250DF is easier to deploy, manage, scale out, and its NVMe storage architecture requires no manual configuration and consumes less system RAM, resulting in more RAM being available to virtual machines and their applications.

“Easy to deploy and manage, the all-NVMe HC3250DF helps organizations run a wider range of applications with varying performance needs and supports higher VM density, increasing efficiency and allows IT departments everywhere to meet increased end-user expectations. Both persistent and non-persistent VDI workloads thrive on the newly redesigned underlying storage layer, which is created to maximize performance,” said Dave Demlow, Vice President of Product Management, Scale Computing. “With the new pressure on IT to enable remote work whenever necessary, this appliance is an excellent foundation for VDI deployments from a several hundred users to a few thousand.”

Like all Scale Computing HC3 appliances, the HC3250DF features intelligent automation for self-healing and high availability to keep clusters running through component and appliance failures, as well as integrated disaster recovery capabilities to protect data and workloads to remote sites for fast failover and recovery. These capabilities enable applications to achieve maximum uptime even when local IT resources and staff are scarce, making the HC3250DF the ideal application platform for core data center and edge computing use cases where IoT, ease-of-use, high availability and TCO matter. This includes retail, industrial, finance, remote office/back office, and mobile platforms.

We know that purchasing decisions are a process and that one important factor our customers tell us is that part of the buyer’s journey is user reviews from peers. Our own HC3 users often become customers because they heard about the HC3 experience. For others, using published reviews from resources like Gartner Peer Insights fills that role of a peer experience.

Gartner, one of the most trusted analysts groups in technology, hosts its own published user reviews resource called Gartner Peer Insights and each year publishes a report on those reviews. The most recent Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer” Hyperconverged Infrastructure Vendor report came out only a few days ago.

Data Storage Solutions Review originally shared the news, and noted that Scale Computing has the highest average review rating in that category! We thank all of our customers for their reviews and to our partners for making this success a reality.

You can check out the list of HCI vendors here on Gartner Peer Insights. We know that our own marketing materials will never take the place of the direct experiences of our HC3 users. That is why resources like Gartner Peer Reviews are so important in validating these reviews and providing a clear lens to the customer experience.

Many of our customers have written customer reviews on Gartner Peer Insights or other review sites like Spiceworks and TrustRadius and we thank you. Thank you for all of the wonderful ratings and reviews and even for the criticisms that help us to continue to improve.

All 4 & 5 star reviews for every product seems sketchy AF to me. Sounds like people asking on here what is the Best X Product...It is subjective and not every product will fit every environment. I will continue to ignore anything Gartner related.

Each week, we have one of our Scale Computing experts come online to demo Scale Computing's HC3 and HyperCore architecture, which were designed to provide highly available, scalable compute and storage devices while maintaining operational simplicity through highly intelligent software automation and architecture simplification.

Recent world events leading into 2020 have reinforced the need for more flexible computing options for remote workers. Organizations around the world have been taking the necessary steps to support a distributed workforce for an indefinite future. Many organizations that had previously implemented virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions found themselves better prepared to support their workers remotely. Those that have not yet implemented VDI should now give it proper consideration.

Last quarter, Scale Computing in cooperation with Leostream, introduced a work-from-home strategy that used some VDI solution components that allowed IT administrators to quickly react to the immediate need to connect users remotely to their existing corporate workstations. Many of you adopted that strategy and are now taking a step back to look more strategically at how you may best support work-from-home employees in the future.

A full VDI solution done correctly requires forethought and planning. Now that most organizations have met their immediate needs in providing remote work options for employees, a closer look at VDI can be taken. Scale Computing is here to help. We have partnered with Leostream to provide VDI solutions to organizations of all sizes. Our experts are ready to help you understand how VDI can benefit your organization and how to size your infrastructure to support a successful VDI deployment.

To help ease the transition from traditional desktop solutions to VDI, Scale Computing is currently offering a free hyperconverged infrastructure appliance with the purchase of three appliances of equal or greater value. This offer allows you to acquire a powerful, highly available, easy to deploy, and easy-to-manage infrastructure to power your VDI solution. In addition, Scale Computing is offering Leostream VDI licenses at a 25% discount on top of the free appliance offer.

We believe lowering the acquisition cost of our VDI solution will make it easier for you to implement VDI for your organization, but the real value is far beyond the discount we are currently offering. Our HC3 infrastructure solution lowers the total cost of the solution compared to competing virtualization technologies by being easier to deploy, easier to manage, and easier to scale out when needed. VDI solutions have traditionally been complex to deploy and manage because of the underlying infrastructure required. Scale Computing HC3 simply makes it easier and more accessible for organizations of all sizes.

Not only can VDI on HC3 make remote working easier, but it can enhance data security by keeping sensitive data within the corporate network and not exposing the corporate network to employees’ private networks through VPN connections. BYOD support can provide flexible options for workers on the devices of their choice while maintaining data security for their desktop workloads.

This free appliance offer is available through June 30th, 2020. We would like to talk to you at your convenience to understand your unique organizational needs for VDI. We welcome you to contact us at info@scalecomputing.com or 877-722-5359.

Now more than ever, organizations are shifting their strategic IT operations management, planning and investment to systems that are simple to implement, manage and maintain. With huge numbers of us currently working from home, for example, infrastructure that can offer home workers and their employers the availability and performance their applications and services need has become a top priority.

Similarly, the ability to quickly and easily scale data center or edge computing architecture to meet increasing demand has become vital across many parts of the digital economy. For either use case, traditional computing systems consisting of servers, storage appliances, hypervisors, and disaster recovery solutions - all from different vendors - can be complex to manage, maintain and expand for organizations that need to respond quickly to changing priorities.

Central to today’s infrastructure requirements are three key qualities: simplicity, scalability and availability, and these have provided the foundation for Scale’s Computing’s approach to hyperconverged infrastructure since the business was founded. Let’s look closer:

Simplicity - Ease of use and simplified management are what HC3 does best. HC3 eliminates mundane management tasks, saving the valuable time of IT administrators to allow them to focus on innovation and improving business processes. The simplicity of HC3 directly impacts IT with higher productivity and lower costs, and in the current times can be done by one person quickly and easily in the data center.

Scalability - One of the most challenging tasks for IT can be adding capacity to an existing IT infrastructure. With HC3, the simplicity of design and ease of use allow for seamless scaling. New appliances can be added into a running cluster seamlessly, within minutes, and without disruption to any running workloads. It can also be done remotely.

Availability - Intelligent automation, redundancy, high availability, and resiliency are built into HC3 in every way, including the option of disaster recovery as a service. With HC3, planned and unplanned downtime can be virtually eliminated, creating more confidence with customers both internal and external and simplifying IT operations in the centralized data center and at the edge.

By engineering a simple solution, Scale Computing delivers computing, storage, virtualization, and disaster recovery, powered by intelligent automation for self-healing, virtually no downtime, and easy management. Our ‘rack and stack’ HC3 solution is very quick to implement, and with no modifications to an existing IT infrastructure, infrastructure can be built and scaled with minimal implementation or maintenance overheads.

Meeting the infrastructure challenges facing organizations everywhere with proven solutions is rapidly accelerating demand for ‘rack and stack’. From core enterprise data centers to remote edge locations, responding quickly to customer and employee needs with simple and versatile solutions is key to building a competitive advantage in today’s rapidly changing world.

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Scale Computing integrates storage, servers, and virtualization software into an all-in-one appliance based system that is scalable, self-healing and as easy to manage as a single server. Using industry standard components, the HC3 appliances install in under an hour, and can be expanded and upgraded with no downtime. High availability insulates the user from any disk or server failure and a unified management capability driven by the patented HyperCore Software™, efficiently integrates all functionality. The result is a data center solution that reduces operational complexity, allows a faster response to business issues, and dramatically reduces costs. For more information, call 877-SCALE-59.